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1983 20' Enchanter buildup-updated often, many pics

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orangecrush

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Just got the boat back from Miami, and today I took the cover off and took some before pics before we start the project. This is OC's son BTW.

Side View
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Rear 1/4 shot
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Interior shot, pretty ratty in person, wasnt that evident in the ebay ad, but it wont be a problem.
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up close of the cockpit, were planning to sand it down and respray..
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heres the back seat i ripped out this morning, its shot, but its nothing to make a new one.
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another shot from the front
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thats all for now, my father will be on later hell fill you guys in on our goals and what direction were gonna go with this boat. Please leave any comments suggestions for mods etc.

this boat should clean up pretty nice, got some rediculous stickers all over it but with a buff and wax it will be a beauty.

EDIT- Forgot the money shot.
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OC, love the looks of the enchanter, almost looks like the colors of mine. On mine the gold is silver on yours. Can't wait to see the after pics.......
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when we did daren34's we called the factory and they sent everything w/ material on it w/ wood, new ladder and a new steering wheel for 1600.00
everything fit just like new.(open bow though)
I plan to do that for my diplomat I/O next winter.
 
was thinking of going a pearl white but i think will stick with the factory theme. one of my friends owns an uphostery shop so ill see what he thinks. wood is in good shape except for the frame for the back seat. THe boat was orginally from Wyandotte Michigan belonged to a Paul wojtylko anyone know him or the boat? Wondering how it wound up in Fla. Any ideas how to strip clear coat without ruining the black flake.
 
Dont worry about the flake its in a layer of clear between the clear and the black. If you sand it all the way back to the black then in your first layer of clear you mist on the flake. Then you shoot the rest of the clear.
 
HEY, I've worked for Wyandotte fire for 15 yrs now. Lived there for 10 yrs. I don't recall beating up Pauls boat with my 245hp starflite. If it was around the past 12 yrs I would of seen it. I hit the water apx. 40-50 times a year back then. (ahhhh! single life,Those were the days) MERC 245
p.s. Wyandotte is a nice little polish community, Pauls now at either 1 of 2 places Church or the Bar. Theres one or the other on every corner here.
 
Merc245 thanks for the come back Paul sold it to Dale harris of Wyandotte on 8-6-2004 .Idont think Dale could have used it much because it it was in FLA. in Feb. so thats why i asked if anyone knew Paul. there is an action marine sticker on the motor.are they in Mich. trying to find some history on this boat guy i got it from knew nothing .said it was soldat auction OC.
 
since you're doing a few mods anyway how about replacing that control with a nice flush mount style.
 
Action marine was located on VanBorn Rd.in Dearborn hieghts, Michigan. It was a very busy place in the 70's and early 80's. They sold alot of checkmates. The Combs would remember the Dealership. Alot of older mates around here have the bkack & silver action marine stickers on them.
 
Orangecrush, If you post an e-mail address I can send over a list of apx. seven phone #s of that has the same last name in the area. 1 has a first name of paul.
 
Just got back from picking up the tan enchanter we desided to keep the tan one and sell the black one (ebay enchanter) for what we got into it less the travel to pick it up,because it was great just to get away from the snow and cold. will post add and pics later when jr. gets back.OC
 
okay sold the tan enchanter started on the black one . took off ladder,deck rails,all the decals someone put on.started the motor if sounds wicked. i dont think it is stock just seamedtoo crisp.stripped the clear off half the deck, using a razor blade. it is just peeling off pretty easy not even scracthing the black.OC
 
Hey OC, I am always on the Ct. River up here above the Holyoke dam. in Mass. Never been down there in the hartford south area. Maybe we'll hook up, have a Ct. River checkmate day. Anyone else from the area????
 
mistertoadie & orangecrush,
I,m from Manchester, CT. wetvette (with the '83 baja 200ss) is my son. I have a black '79 Enchanter I/O that looks very much like OC's outboard. We just brought it home this past labor day weekend. I tried it out once on Coventry Lake. But, it's not even registered in Connecticut yet. It came from New York. I also found it on eBay.

A day on the river sounds like a great idea. We've put the Baja in at Riverside Park in Hartford a few times, and gone downstream from there. We've been as far down as Harbor Park in Middletown.
 
what is it like on the river down there? are there alot of shallow spots??? I had been toying with the idea of taking a ride down to the ramp under 291 and putting in there, then running down as far as I dared. I just am nervous about the depths and possible obstructions. My damn depth finder is on the fritz too which makes it even scarier. Keep in touch! ....'toadie.
 
I really haven't encountered any shallow spots. There's a big sand bar directly across from Riverside Park, so you have to kind of hug the western (Hartford side) shore for a short distance until you get to the Bulkely Bridge. That's all. From there on down, I just stay between the channel markers. There's a fair number of no-wake zones (beaches, marinas, ferry crossing, etc.) Still there's plenty of places to open 'er up for a bit.

I've only been upstream of Riverside Park toward I-291 in a Dragon Boat, during practices. I suspect there may be shallow spots in that stretch. Riverside Park is a much nicer facility, and is only a little farther down (off exit 33).

By the way, I used to work with a woman from Holyoke, Her husband is a scuba diver, and they go boating up there around Oxbow Marina. Their last name is Barsalou. I'm not sure, but, I think their boat was a Grady White. Would you happen to know them?
 
Mr._t and black knight the river between 291 and riverside park is to shallow for our boats. my freind rode up to the farmington river last week but it was 8 ft over norm. you can launch farther down stream in hartford under charter oak bridge. i just got back into boats after doing streetrods and bikes . cant beleve all the no wake areas that poped up. once you get passed portland it opens up .alot of people camp out at Haddum island . we can take aride down there. toadie can show us the river up north. B-K i work for the MDC we had a dragon boat also.
 
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